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south korea keeps track of the north koreans to reach south korea, and let me share with you just a couple of the numbers. in 1990, only nine north koreans were able to reach south korea. last year 2,700 north koreans reached safety in the south. so, the people who get out now have formed -- there are enough of them that they are educating us about truth of our trivia and there's been several books published about life in north korea, and we now have a much better picture of what the truth of the existence is. .. >> you can't even mail a letter so the exiles created a black market in information. they hire chinese couriers to cross the border and deliver messages, or sometimes they deliver chinese cell phones to a north korean relative, tell the relative to go to an area near the border at a certain day and hour, turn on the phone, and receive a phone call from the relative who escaped to a different country. in south korea, north korean exiles formed organizations whose purpose is to get information into north korea, to give just one example, there are four radio stations run by north kor
south korea keeps track of the north koreans to reach south korea, and let me share with you just a couple of the numbers. in 1990, only nine north koreans were able to reach south korea. last year 2,700 north koreans reached safety in the south. so, the people who get out now have formed -- there are enough of them that they are educating us about truth of our trivia and there's been several books published about life in north korea, and we now have a much better picture of what the truth of...
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south korea keeps track of the north koreans who reach south korea, and let me sheriff you a couple of the numbers. in 1990, only nine north koreans were able to reach south korea. last year, 2,700 7 north koreans reached safety in the south. so, the people who get out now have formed a large -- there are enough of them they are educating us about the truth of life in north korea. and there have been several books published about life in north korea, and we now have a much better picture of what the truth of the existence is there. but the north korean refugees are performing a second equally important function. i do believe a more important. they're helping to open up their own information-starved homeland. just as the world now knows more about north korea, north koreans now know far more about the world. this, too, is thanks to the efforts of north koreans who escape in how do they do that? think a minute. any immigrant who goes to a new country, what's the first thing he wants to do? he wants to let his family back home know that he is okay. and tell them about his new life. but fo
south korea keeps track of the north koreans who reach south korea, and let me sheriff you a couple of the numbers. in 1990, only nine north koreans were able to reach south korea. last year, 2,700 7 north koreans reached safety in the south. so, the people who get out now have formed a large -- there are enough of them they are educating us about the truth of life in north korea. and there have been several books published about life in north korea, and we now have a much better picture of...
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many soldiers are stationed in south korea. the news conference to get underway shortly and this is live coverage on c-span. [no audio] [no audio] >> we are waiting to hear from defense secretary leon panetta and the south korean counterpart, a joint news conference which should get underway shortly. a quick reminder about some of our coverage, less than two weeks away for election day. coming up this afternoon at 2:12 or so, rep paul ryan will be at cleveland state university and we will have that for you this afternoon and later today at about 4:55, president obama will kick off a two-day nonstop america forward door and the first of is in denver. we will have that live for you as well. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] >> we are waiting live at the pentagon to hear from defense secretary leon panetta and the south korean defence minister kim kwan-jin in. they will have a news conference following their annual security talks. elsewhere on the cspan networks, on c-span 2, we are bringing you a discussion of the u.s.
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and south korea have now agreed that south korea can extend the range of its own missiles up to about 500 miles. it's designed to give south consider score korea a little m protection. north korea politically had to respond otherwise everyone i've spoken to says they can't think of any other good reason why they would make such a claim that is so easily disproven. it's tit for tat. perhaps it is political posture ing on the part of north korea to set things up when south kor korea's next president takes office. >> all right. thank you. >>> what do mike ditka and mike irvin have in common with actor mark wahlberg? here's a hint. it has to do with american football, but not in the u.s. rge that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. more than 50 times a
and south korea have now agreed that south korea can extend the range of its own missiles up to about 500 miles. it's designed to give south consider score korea a little m protection. north korea politically had to respond otherwise everyone i've spoken to says they can't think of any other good reason why they would make such a claim that is so easily disproven. it's tit for tat. perhaps it is political posture ing on the part of north korea to set things up when south kor korea's next...
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korea they say we don't need the army to defend south korea anymore. what are we measuring the military toward? we have concerns about china coming on to the world scene. there's terrorism. the defense review still says two stressing scenarios, we don't have a name for them. we are building two militaries for two regional conflicts. >> we have plugged into that same budget. >> just last year was that decision. >> i think what's happening here is the republicans are trying to find some way to find a context to say we want to create jobs. >> that's true. >> they don't want to do it through government. as you said earlier, the military is separate from government. george w. bush was more of a classic conservative saying i don't want to increase the size of government. romney has no problem with increasing the size of government when it comes to military. he's going to bring that up on monday as well. people's eyes will glaze over talking about conflicts far away in the world. he's going to try to hit it home with the issue of jobs. >> it's important in sw
korea they say we don't need the army to defend south korea anymore. what are we measuring the military toward? we have concerns about china coming on to the world scene. there's terrorism. the defense review still says two stressing scenarios, we don't have a name for them. we are building two militaries for two regional conflicts. >> we have plugged into that same budget. >> just last year was that decision. >> i think what's happening here is the republicans are trying to...
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korea and panama, maybe he's contending that the president secretly wasn't doing that at all and was duping us all? mr. romney also in his speech today criticized president obama for only having hope that things will get better in the middle east. for only having hope, but not having a strategy to make that so. >> i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east aligned with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. >> hope is not a strategy. remember what mitt romney told his donors was going to be his strategy in the middle east? >> you hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem. we kick it down the field and hope that something will happen and resolve it. >> today he gives a speech on how hope cannot be the strategy in the middle east. hope explicitly is his strategy in the middle east unless kick the ball down the field is something way more specific than i think it is. at least when he's speaking behind closed doors, he admits the only thing he has to offer in the middle east is hope
korea and panama, maybe he's contending that the president secretly wasn't doing that at all and was duping us all? mr. romney also in his speech today criticized president obama for only having hope that things will get better in the middle east. for only having hope, but not having a strategy to make that so. >> i know the president hopes for a safer, freer and more prosperous middle east aligned with us. i share this hope. but hope is not a strategy. >> hope is not a strategy....
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it is troops we have stationed in japan, in south korea, and in europe. it is intelligence. it is research and development. all of these components go into a 43% reduction when it comes to the military. we have to stop our military intervention. we have to stop with the dronse drone strikes. we have to stop with a policy that has us with hundreds of billions of enemies to this country that but for these policies would not exist. when we talk about foreign aid to other country it is propping up foreign dictators that are on our side as opposed to the other side? we pick winners and losers, and there are a whole lot of unintended consequences that go along with this. right now we are funding the syrian insurgence and they are made up of jihadists? should we not learn anything about where we funded osama bin laden? [applause] >> jill. >> i want to agree with gary and with rocky, and i guess not with virgeyill in this -- virgil in this instance, to say that a foreign policy based on brute military force and wars for oil is making us less secure not more secure. we need to bring
it is troops we have stationed in japan, in south korea, and in europe. it is intelligence. it is research and development. all of these components go into a 43% reduction when it comes to the military. we have to stop our military intervention. we have to stop with the dronse drone strikes. we have to stop with a policy that has us with hundreds of billions of enemies to this country that but for these policies would not exist. when we talk about foreign aid to other country it is propping up...
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korea and japan. if that's true, why in the world wasn't he caught on all those prior flights both here and abroad. shep? >> shepard: greg jarrett in new york tonight. a tip led cops in california to an explosive find. look at this. [siren] >> police say somebody reported the guy was building bombs in his house so they evacuated the neighborhood just north of oakland bomb squad took the place. >> cops took the man who lived there into custody. listen to one of his neighbors. >> he is just a creep on the block. he would be making all kinds of noise at all times of night, you know. it would be so loud, shake my house. >> shepard: investigators are trying to figure out why the guy was making these explosives in the first place. another huge blast blew an entire house apart in denver. this time they tell us it was an accident. people in the neighborhood reported they smelled gas and then all of a sudden the explosion leveled a home and damaged two others. just look at the pink foam here. can you see that?
korea and japan. if that's true, why in the world wasn't he caught on all those prior flights both here and abroad. shep? >> shepard: greg jarrett in new york tonight. a tip led cops in california to an explosive find. look at this. [siren] >> police say somebody reported the guy was building bombs in his house so they evacuated the neighborhood just north of oakland bomb squad took the place. >> cops took the man who lived there into custody. listen to one of his neighbors....
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south korea cut off their import. turkey, india reduces, in fact china reduced. it was targeting at the banking sector. the twenty countries off the hook. in fact we have made cripple sanction. when i hear the other side talk about, you know, we're going do this on our own, we have had an embargo against iran for thirty years. the fact is for crippling sanction you need international cooperation and the favor -- and do it alone approach we have seen and seen will not be very effective in con train straining in iran that dov was concerned about. >> can i ask you to respond to the iran point and the syria point. what about the weapon falling in the wrong hands. >> i don't get it. maybe i'm dumb. if we are working with the folk on the communication and logistics, we're working with them everyday, we're engaged with them. why don't we know who the good guys are? , i mean, who are we communicating with the? the bad guys. are we providing lo jiggics to the bad guys? we are really nuts. we must be working with the good guys. why can't we provide them with ours? or at le
south korea cut off their import. turkey, india reduces, in fact china reduced. it was targeting at the banking sector. the twenty countries off the hook. in fact we have made cripple sanction. when i hear the other side talk about, you know, we're going do this on our own, we have had an embargo against iran for thirty years. the fact is for crippling sanction you need international cooperation and the favor -- and do it alone approach we have seen and seen will not be very effective in con...
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it's for all those reasons we are working with south korea and japan and other countries in the region to make sure that we can defend ourselves against the kind of provocation and threats that emerge out of north korea. >> the attack occurred on the anniversary of 9/11, whether or not that anniversary had anything to do with the attack. did you have forces on any heightened alert in that area because of the approaching anniversary? >> we did. let me point out it was 9/11 everywhere in the world. >> on iran on the joint exercise with israel, do you see any message to iran in conducting these exercise now? and do you think that it is the time for the problematic and economic pressure on iran is over? >> and mr. secretary i'd like to ask you do you support the idea that the united states needs to talk to iran? >> to the question about are we messaging anybody with the exercise. first of all, this is an annual exercise. it's an exercise for not only the capabilities iran might deploy but shorter range missiles. so it's intended to demonstrate our commitment to israel for their defense aga
it's for all those reasons we are working with south korea and japan and other countries in the region to make sure that we can defend ourselves against the kind of provocation and threats that emerge out of north korea. >> the attack occurred on the anniversary of 9/11, whether or not that anniversary had anything to do with the attack. did you have forces on any heightened alert in that area because of the approaching anniversary? >> we did. let me point out it was 9/11 everywhere...
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south korea in fact that author imports. turkey reduced, india reduced. in fact, china reduced. so was specifically targeted as a banking sector, this congress authorized exemptions, leaving 20 countries off the hook. in fact, we have made crippling sanctions. and when i hear the other side talk about, you know, we are really going to do this on our own, we've had an embargo against iran for 30 years but the fact is for crippling sanctions you do need international cooperation and the kind of saber rattling and do it alone approach we have seen and we've seen that it will not be very effective in constraining the mullahs of iran that dov is so concerned about. >> can ask you to respond to the iran oil but also this report? what about the weapons falling into the wrong hands coming to the u.s. itself be providing those weapons because i don't get it. maybe i'm just dumb but if we're working with these folks on communications, logistics, we're working with them every day. we are engaged with them. why -- who do we know who the good guys are? who are we communicating with, the bad
south korea in fact that author imports. turkey reduced, india reduced. in fact, china reduced. so was specifically targeted as a banking sector, this congress authorized exemptions, leaving 20 countries off the hook. in fact, we have made crippling sanctions. and when i hear the other side talk about, you know, we are really going to do this on our own, we've had an embargo against iran for 30 years but the fact is for crippling sanctions you do need international cooperation and the kind of...
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why did north korea attack south korea in 1950? because we announced that south korea was outside of our security perimeter and by the way, we cut off forces by a tremendous percentage and the north koreans concluded we were not interested. why and what they invaded the falkland islands in the 80's? because the bullets cut back on their forces. cutting back on your strength is the same thing you want to of late trade >> right back here. >> i was wondering if each of you could comment on the threat that you see the u.s. facing from bioterrorism and what if anything you should be doing to counter that threat. >> i will talk from personal experience. i was on the weapons of mass destruction commission to prevent terrorism and the commission and the shocking conclusion that the commission found is in bioterrorism was actually greater in terms of the short-term threat than even the chemical weapons and so the recommendations that came out is the president adopted many of them securing facilities are a world that produced by a toxins. th
why did north korea attack south korea in 1950? because we announced that south korea was outside of our security perimeter and by the way, we cut off forces by a tremendous percentage and the north koreans concluded we were not interested. why and what they invaded the falkland islands in the 80's? because the bullets cut back on their forces. cutting back on your strength is the same thing you want to of late trade >> right back here. >> i was wondering if each of you could...
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we have south korea and taiwan and thailand and indonesia. thailand shows you do not revert back. china's period of rapid growth beginning after the fourteenth party congress beginning in 1992. we are only 20 years through that process. we have already seen the forces that want change for representative forms of government operating in china. operating within the communist party itself but sooner or later will have to spill out in a broader way. this is independent of the will of china's leaders. their generating social forces that they have to supports at enormous cost. the question is can they accommodate them under conditions of stability so they can continue growth and we don't know the answer to that question but my sense is china's fifth generation leaders realize this is the challenge they will be facing. whether it will be they do carry china into the promised land if you will, for the sixth generation leaders i am not quite sure about. i would bet on the sixth generation of leaders but it could happen earlier and there is a possibility it won't happen. china's record has
we have south korea and taiwan and thailand and indonesia. thailand shows you do not revert back. china's period of rapid growth beginning after the fourteenth party congress beginning in 1992. we are only 20 years through that process. we have already seen the forces that want change for representative forms of government operating in china. operating within the communist party itself but sooner or later will have to spill out in a broader way. this is independent of the will of china's...
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and the president of south korea went back to south korea bewildered and embarrassed because it went against his policy. and for two years, this administration didn't talk at all to north korea. while they didn't talk at all, the fuel rods came out, the inspectors were kicked out, the television cameras were kicked out. and today, there are four to seven nuclear weapons in the hands of north korea. that happened on this president's watch. now, that, i think, is one of the most serious, sort of, reversals or mixed messages that you could possibly send. >> i want to make sure -- yes, sir -- but in this one minute, i want to make sure that we understand -- the people watching understand the differences between the two of you on this. you want to continue the multinational talks, correct? >> right. >> and you're willing to do it. >> both. i want bilateral talks which put all of the issues, from the armistice of 1952, the economic issues, the human rights issues, the artillery disposal issues, the dmz issues and the nuclear issues on the table. >> and you're opposed to that. right? >> the
and the president of south korea went back to south korea bewildered and embarrassed because it went against his policy. and for two years, this administration didn't talk at all to north korea. while they didn't talk at all, the fuel rods came out, the inspectors were kicked out, the television cameras were kicked out. and today, there are four to seven nuclear weapons in the hands of north korea. that happened on this president's watch. now, that, i think, is one of the most serious, sort of,...
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to strengthen our regional missile defense posture, we're forging with japan, australia and south korea, new missile defense approaches. we're integrating japanese sensors into our space surveillance network and cooperating with australia on space capabilities. we're enhancing our access and sustainment across the region. in addition to rotationally deploying will la to haval combat ships, we're exploring options for increased training there. with the philippines, we're exploring options for rotational force or deployments in priority areas. we're focused on building the philippines' maritime security presence and capabilities and strengthening their maritime domain awareness. we're integrating roles, missions and capabilities with japan and taking numerous steps to solidify and strengthen our enduring presence on the korean peninsula. we're deepening our security cooperation, technology sharing and defense trade with india, another state so important to our rebalance. and, we believe, to the broader security and prosperity of the 21st century. we believe that given the inherent links b
to strengthen our regional missile defense posture, we're forging with japan, australia and south korea, new missile defense approaches. we're integrating japanese sensors into our space surveillance network and cooperating with australia on space capabilities. we're enhancing our access and sustainment across the region. in addition to rotationally deploying will la to haval combat ships, we're exploring options for increased training there. with the philippines, we're exploring options for...
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it is troops we have stationed in japan, in south korea, and in europe. it is intelligence. it is research and development. all of these components go into a 43% reduction when it comes to the military. we have to stop our military intervention. we have to stop with the dronse drone strikes. we have to stop with a policy that has us with hundreds of billions of enemies to this country that but for these policies would not exist. when we talk about foreign aid to other country it is propping up foreign dictators that are on our side as opposed to the other side? we pick winners and losers, and there are a whole lot of unintended consequences that go along with this. right now we are funding the syrian insurgence and they are made up of jihadists? should we not learn anything about where we funded osama bin laden? [applause] >> jill. >> i want to agree with gary and with rocky, and i guess not with virgeyill in this -- virgil in this instance, to say that a foreign policy based on brute military force and wars for oil is making us less secure not more secure. we need to bring
it is troops we have stationed in japan, in south korea, and in europe. it is intelligence. it is research and development. all of these components go into a 43% reduction when it comes to the military. we have to stop our military intervention. we have to stop with the dronse drone strikes. we have to stop with a policy that has us with hundreds of billions of enemies to this country that but for these policies would not exist. when we talk about foreign aid to other country it is propping up...
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korea to rise and prosper, then southeast asia to rise and prosper. and now, yes, china and in a different way, india, to rise and prosper. working with all of them, we intend to continue to play that positive, pivotal, stabilizing role. that is what the rebalances all about. to those who ask whether we will be able to deliver on our security commitments under our rebalanced, i am going to give you five reasons why we will be able to do so. the first is due to increased military capacity. with the war in iraq now over and as we transition security responsibilities to the government of afghanistan, we will have these much of our military capacity that has been tied up their further missions at fostering peace and strengthening partnerships in the asia-pacific. naval assets release from afghanistan and the middle east include combatants, initially aircraft carriers. from the air force, unmanned systems and intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance assets as well as bomber, sabre and space voices cannot be redeployed and refocused on the asia-pacific
korea to rise and prosper, then southeast asia to rise and prosper. and now, yes, china and in a different way, india, to rise and prosper. working with all of them, we intend to continue to play that positive, pivotal, stabilizing role. that is what the rebalances all about. to those who ask whether we will be able to deliver on our security commitments under our rebalanced, i am going to give you five reasons why we will be able to do so. the first is due to increased military capacity. with...
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i guess south korea and panama, colombia -- >> didn't count for him. >> but overall, mitt romney is trying to prove -- this is his whole argument, that republicans are tougher when it comes to foreign policy. you know what? that's the old playbook. there's a new playbook because there's a new sheriff in town and that's barack obama. >> i think this was a real step backwards. last week he created an opening of how serious are you willing to make mitt romney? i think a lot of americans tuned into that debate and said, this guy seems serious. today reminded people of why they haven't taken them that seriously for the last couple of months. for a big foreign policy speech, it wasn't that big. it was foreign to the facts on the ground when you say i'm going to arm the syrian rebels. it shows a dangerous ignorance of exactly how this resistance is happening in syria, which is a deadly -- >> how would you -- i'll defend romney now for a minute. how would you go about arming the syrian rebels without picking and choosing which faction to arm? >> that's the point. when you're in charge, you have to
i guess south korea and panama, colombia -- >> didn't count for him. >> but overall, mitt romney is trying to prove -- this is his whole argument, that republicans are tougher when it comes to foreign policy. you know what? that's the old playbook. there's a new playbook because there's a new sheriff in town and that's barack obama. >> i think this was a real step backwards. last week he created an opening of how serious are you willing to make mitt romney? i think a lot of...
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korea, colombia and panama. i voted against all three for about three basic reasons. number one, i think pennsylvania we get is the short end of that stick. we would not do well in terms of job creation because of that, and i think we had some history with nafta that didn't go very well for our state. i'll give you another example, the currency manipulation by china. when china cheats on their currency, we lose jobs here in pennsylvania. so there are two, and i can list some more, but i think there's also a contrast here on the stage. i'm against the three trade deals, my opponent's in favor of them, and i'm for getting tough on china when they cheat on their currency and hurt our jobs. he's in favor of going the same way that washington does. >> moderator: before mr. smith replies to that, would you be in favor of increasing tariffs on china specifically? casey: well, if we can get implemented the legislation that i led the fight on to actually have consequences on china's manipulation, i think that's -- if it'
korea, colombia and panama. i voted against all three for about three basic reasons. number one, i think pennsylvania we get is the short end of that stick. we would not do well in terms of job creation because of that, and i think we had some history with nafta that didn't go very well for our state. i'll give you another example, the currency manipulation by china. when china cheats on their currency, we lose jobs here in pennsylvania. so there are two, and i can list some more, but i think...
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korea, colombia and panama. i voted against these because we would not do well in terms of job creation in terms of that and we had history with nafta that didn't go about l with our state. the currency manipulation by china. when china cheats on currency, we lose jobs in pennsylvania. those are two and i can list more but i think there's also a contrast here on the stage, i'm against the free trade deals, my opponent's in favor of them and i'm in favor of getting tough on china when they cheat on currency and hurt our jobs and he's in favor of going the same way washington does. >> would you be in favor of increasing tariffs on china specifically? >> certainly if we can implement the legislation that i led the fight on to crack down on china's currency manipulation and actually have consequences, i think that's -- if it's not an exact definition of tariff, it's a reasonable equivalent of that and i think we need to have some measure that puts consequences on china. they've been cheating and over a decade we los
korea, colombia and panama. i voted against these because we would not do well in terms of job creation in terms of that and we had history with nafta that didn't go about l with our state. the currency manipulation by china. when china cheats on currency, we lose jobs in pennsylvania. those are two and i can list more but i think there's also a contrast here on the stage, i'm against the free trade deals, my opponent's in favor of them and i'm in favor of getting tough on china when they cheat...
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. >> senator brown, free trade with colombia and south korea were among the few bright spots of bipartisanship last year. what would your threshold be? i know you voted against all three, but what is your threshold when determining whether to support a free trade bill with another country? >> you have one minute, mr. brown. >> the farm bill, the transportation bill, many of the highway bills, those are things that we have worked on. these trade agreements clearly spell out the middle class. we had a $1 billion trade deficit with china and today it's $10 billion. it is because we have been forced trade laws finally in this country that president obama has done it better than anyone since reagan where we have more steel jobs in cleveland and surrounding areas. we have more tired jobs, aluminum jobs. i have written trade legislation that, if enacted as part of the trans-pacific partnership, it would make a difference in putting trade agreements on the side of american workers and american manufacturers. we have betrayed the middle- class. we know when these chinese trade agreements have done. >>
. >> senator brown, free trade with colombia and south korea were among the few bright spots of bipartisanship last year. what would your threshold be? i know you voted against all three, but what is your threshold when determining whether to support a free trade bill with another country? >> you have one minute, mr. brown. >> the farm bill, the transportation bill, many of the highway bills, those are things that we have worked on. these trade agreements clearly spell out the...